Reposted by Grant McDougall Sarabeee #ToitūTeTiriti @sarabeee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nz‘Eclectic’ collection of late Chills’ singer up for auctionMartin Phillipps, the late singer of The Chills, loved his leather jacket but he also loved collecting the weird and wonderful. 1115
Reposted by Grant McDougall samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 13/10/2026Oh hell yes, greens, who actually noticed that new zealand science funding has been decimated and actually want to fix it!!! #nzpol 311935
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Loved this album since the mid '80s. Am lucky enough to have both Bob and Grant's signatures on my copy. 040
Reposted by Grant McDougall Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In the early 1980s- I’d spot a vinyl bootleg like this in a record store and immediately scoop it up - it was better than porn! 162
Reposted by Grant McDougall Sarabeee #ToitūTeTiriti @sarabeee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Any The Chills and Martin Phillipps keen beans out there, have a look at this. He was a careful archivist & collector as well as musician 🙂💙 live.proctorauctions.co.nz/auctions/4-M...live.proctorauctions.co.nzAuction 227: The Estate of the great Martin Phillipps Sun 18th October - All Proceeds go to Charities (excl. BP) | Proctor AuctionsAuction 227: The Estate of the great Martin Phillipps - Sun 18th October 12pm. Our app can be downloaded on Google Play or App Store. Absentee & Phone Bids will be accepted up until 9am auction day. T... 66041
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026That's what I've always thought, too. Shane Jones obviously thinks otherwise, but when Winston expires, so will NZF. 130
Reposted by Grant McDougall Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 09/10/2026When Mandela arrived in 1993, he addressed a crowd of around 15,000 in George Square. Today, 33 years to the day after that visit, a bronze statue of Mandela by sculptor Alan Herriot will be unveiled in Nelson Mandela Place. The unveiling is at 4pm. 04110
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Listening to this for the first time in several years. Have loved it since I was a teenager. The paths it led me down, I shall be eternally grateful. Still majestic and fascinating. #Velvets #VelvetUnderground #VU #Nico #BananaAlbum #NowPlaying 140
Reposted by Grant McDougall Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Found over on FB. Sun Ra Arkestra, Germantown, Philadelphia PA 1980. 191
Reposted by Grant McDougall Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The picture Hager’s trilogy paints of the last 20 years is not of democracy corrupted by a few bad apples, but of the brutal conflict between the interests of ordinary people and those of the rich and powerful.” #nzpolstuff.co.nzHow New Zealand’s right turned culture war into political strategyNicky Hager’s latest book argues the tactics of New Zealand’s organised right have changed, but the interests behind them have not. 013558
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think it's more a case of went out for records, randomly wound up at a coffee shop... 110
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Is it still printed there ? If not, it might be like my hometown paper, the Gisborne Herald, which is now printed in Auckland and flown into town each morning, hence the tardy arrival. 000
Reposted by Grant McDougall CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Audience poll. Interesting. #nzpol 4267
Reposted by Grant McDougall Michael Azerrad @michaelazerrad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Happy Happy birthday Happy birthday, Steve Happy birthday, Steve Reich Happy birthday, Steve Happy birthday Happy 0101
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026As David Lange once said "I'll stop telling the truth about them, when they stop telling lies about me". 0100
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There's quite a few of these around Dunedin, too 😎 010
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I loath Seymour even more than Luxon (which is saying something...). 010
Reposted by Grant McDougall byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026rec of the day: CRAIG ROBERTSON Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly (Auckland University Press tpb) deeply researched, sprawling & profusely illustrated bio of the key figure of New Zealand's musical underground. a great read for any fan of the modern kiwi beat. bookshop.org/p/books/chri...bookshop.orgChris Knox: Not Given LightlyThe story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude. Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man's journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New ... 1387
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Listened to this just a few days ago. Beautiful album. 010
Reposted by Grant McDougall Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New Zealand superimposed on Japan. 4.9 million people vs 126 million. Source: buff.ly/2ZLxp4e 16116
Reposted by Grant McDougall Jaundiced Brains @johnnymains.co.uk · 28/09/2026Trish Keenan would have been 58 today. Everyone go listen to some Broadcast. 322357
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you look at Shipley's neck, it looks her head has been decapitated and sewn back on. 020
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wow, had no idea that Sounds had also done a Top 100 Albums chart, even though I got the 1985 NME one, too. Great to see Can at a decent placing. They completely failed to make the NME chart, strangely. I can only assume they were unfashionable among their writers. 010
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ah ! Really neat she got to be close to the action. Her cousin owns a superb shop. 010
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The plonker doesn't fall far from the tree. 010
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Is she a camera woman ? That'd be a fun gig most days, but today's one would've been especially exciting ! 100
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It should, theoretically, be available in other bookshops around the country tomorrow. The morning after Dirty Politics was launched (also at Unity) in 2014, I saw it in the UBS here in Dunedin. Saw the late, great trade unionist, Helen Kelly, buy four copies alone. 1140
Reposted by Grant McDougall Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026for those outside New Zealand: 2 years ago a veiled far-right astroturf org threatened to sue an investigative journalist for a book he was writing about them. He was not writing a book about them, but this incident meant former staff started leaking to him. He used those leaks to write a book. 111088233
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jordan Williams has just gone live with Heather DuPlessis-Allen on Newstalk ZB. Gosh, I wonder why ? 🤔 #nzpol #Hager #NickyHager 1194
Grant McDougall @grantkmcdougall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I've always said that when Winston dies, so will NZF, regardless of what Jones' ego tells him. 110
Reposted by Grant McDougall Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Here’s the invitation to that party ! 182
Reposted by Grant McDougall Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nico with Andy Warhol at the album release party for "The Marble Index" (1968) 1124
